Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019
682. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health the role his Department or the HSE has in monitoring or overseeing the on-site health screening tests conducted on construction site workers here in conjunction with a trust (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1007/19]
View answerThe Construction Workers Health Trust is a national charity and is run by the craft unions affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. The service is voluntary, nurse led and incorporates blood pressure measurement, a check for diabetes and high cholesterol, lung function, a height, weight and body mass index, BMI, calculation. Advice is also given on heart health, diet and cancer awareness. If there are any results outside the normal range then the individual is referred to their own GP.
My Department has no overseeing or monitoring function for this service. As this question has referenced the Health Service Executive I have forwarded it on for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
